ESS 1 supports the objectives of the CBD: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. In addition, ESS 1 elaborates a range of actions to avoid and minimize adverse impacts to terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity, ecosystems and genetic resources. 

Objectives

• Protect and conserve biodiversity
• Avoid crop and livestock production, fisheries and aquaculture and forestry and wildlife management practices that could have serious adverse impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems, ecosystem services, natural habitats and genetic resources.
• Sustainably manage ecosystems and promote the responsible governance of natural resources to maintain the ecosystem services and benefits they provide, recognizing the crucial role that women, Indigenous Peoples and local communities play in this regard. 
• Ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the sound utilization of genetic resources.
• Respect, preserve, maintain and encourage the knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities that support the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystems, and the customary use and management of biological resources. 
• Ensure the sustainable use of natural resources in post-conflict and emergency contexts in order to contribute to the stabilization of the situation, the resolution of the conflict, and the prevention of a relapse into renewed conflict.